The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 1972
1776
Directed by
Peter H. Hunt
Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental rules for the burgeoning United States. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams charge Thomas Jefferson with the task of writing a statement announcing the new country's emancipation from British rule.
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Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental rules for the burgeoning United States. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams charge Thomas Jefferson with the task of writing a statement announcing the new country's emancipation from British rule.
Cast
William DanielsJohn Adams
Howard Da SilvaDr. Benjamin Franklin
Ken HowardThomas Jefferson
Blythe DannerMartha Jefferson
Donald MaddenJohn Dickinson (PA)
John CullumEdward Rutledge (SC)
David FordCongressional President John Hancock (MA)
Ron HolgateRichard Henry Lee (VA)
Emory BassJames Wilson (PA)
Virginia VestoffAbigail Adams
William HansenCaesar Rodney (DE)
Roy PooleStephen Hopkins (RI)
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Ray MiddletonCol. Thomas McKean (DE)
Stephen NathanCourier
Ralston HillCharles Thomson
William DuellAndrew McNair
James NobleRev. John Witherspoon (NJ)
Howard CaineLewis Morris (NY)
Peter ForsterOliver Wolcott (CT)
John MyhersRobert Livingston
Daniel KeyesDr. Josiah Bartlett (NH)
Rex RobbinsRoger Sherman (CT)
Leo LeydonGeorge Read (DE)
Charles RuleJoseph Hewes (NC)
Patrick HinesSamuel Chase (MD)
Jonathan MooreDr. Lyman Hall
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